... with great devotion. Once when he was saying them in his usual fashion, the Virgin appeared to him and said: 'Why do you celebrate so much joys that are past and not those of the present, which I now experience in heaven and which last forever. Rejoice in them, henceforth, with me. Firstly, because my glory surpasses the pleasure of the saints. Secondly, because just as the sun lights up the day, so my splendour lights up the whole court of heaven. Thirdly, because the entire heavenly host obeys and reveres me. Fourthly, because my son and I are of one mind and he hears my every prayer, always. Fifthly, because God rewards those who serve me now and in the future, at my pleasure. Sixthly, because I sit beside the Holy Trinity, clothed in a glorified body. And in the seventh case, because I am certain and sure that these seven joys will last forever, never to come to an end. Whoever will worship me, by celebrating these joys ...